WRI 441 Rhetorical Criticism (WID): Film Sources

Swank provides access to theatrical films selected by faculty for their courses. Swank includes feature films, documentaries and foreign films from the largest movie studios, including Warner Bros., Paramount, NBCUniversal, Columbia Pictures, Lions Gate, MGM, Miramax and many more.

Kanopy provides access to streaming videos for use in your classroom or assigned viewing. Films are licensed through Kanopy for 12 months. Please contact The Deks if you need access to a Kanopy film for your courses.

Kanopy is a distributor of films from BBD, PBS, Media Education Foundation and many other production companies and independent filmmakers. The Kanopy collection consists of documentaries and educational videos in the following subject areas; the arts, business, education (K-12), global studies and languages, health, media & communications, sciences, social sciences and technical training. In addition, there are 64 languages represented in the collection. Videos can be clipped and transcripts are provided.

This Infobase streaming video database includes nearly 600 Feature films including The Revenant, Hidden Figures, 12 Years a Slave, Say Anything and hundreds of others.